intercourse
Who acts: Other meanings, families, Trade · What happens: meet, talk, be, have, keep up, make up · To what, where: friendly intercourse, two kingdoms, intercourse
«intercourse» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: intercourse in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Friendly dealings and contact between people, families or peoples, meeting and talking together. (Other meanings are for older readers.).
Sentence 1: Friendly dealings and contact between people, families or peoples, meeting and talking together.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dealings | amod |
| 2 | dealings | dealing | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 contact | cc |
| 4 | contact | contact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dealings | conj |
| 5 | between | between | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 contact | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 families | punct |
| 8 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 people | conj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 peoples | cc |
| 10 | peoples | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 people | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 meeting | punct |
| 12 | meeting | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 dealings | appos |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 talking | cc |
| 14 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 meeting | conj |
| 15 | together | together | ADV | _ | 14 talking | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 dealings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | gerund | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | together property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: (Other meanings are for older readers.).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 7 readers | punct |
| 2 | Other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 meanings | amod |
| 3 | meanings | meaning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 readers | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 readers | cop |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 readers | case |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 readers | amod |
| 7 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 readers | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 readers | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 readers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Other meanings | for older readers | tree rules |
Example 1
Our families have had friendly intercourse for many years.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 families | nmod:poss |
| 2 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 had | aux |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 intercourse | amod |
| 6 | intercourse | intercourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 years | amod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · perfect | Our families | friendly intercourse | year | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intercourse=Patient |
Example 2
The two kingdoms kept up a peaceful intercourse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kingdoms | det |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 kingdoms | nummod |
| 3 | kingdoms | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 kept | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 intercourse | det |
| 7 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 intercourse | amod |
| 8 | intercourse | intercourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep up | participle · passive | the two kingdoms | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme |
Example 3
Trade and talk made up their intercourse.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 talk | cc |
| 3 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Trade | conj |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Trade | acl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 intercourse | nmod:poss |
| 7 | intercourse | intercourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Trade | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | infinitive | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | make up | participle | Trade not said here | their intercourse | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme intercourse=Pivot |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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